This thing still lives...sorta!
...again I had a little intercourse with 8 meters of guard rail on the Nürburgring (again thanks to tires with too much wear on a wet track... I'm not a smart man.).
So I parked this fucker in the driveway and got myself a Legacy II GX for 600Euro:
(Just showing you guys the best picture of it, it's actually high as fuck on stock wheels, lol.
Decided I would keep that one stock and work more on the Scirocco, but suddenly life happened and came up with an offer that I just couldn't refuse!
Grabbed Dr.AK and drove down 660Km to Bavaria.
After killing his E36 and throwing even more money at a Cab driver and some guy running a Hotel, we picked up this shitty Golf 1.8 rustbucket:
It has a broken Sunroof, completely rusted fenders on both sides, rear right drum brake is stuck (drove 600Km home just using the handbrake, lol), hail damage all over the roof and bonnet and a rusted through trunk door.
The Interior is quite okay... best thing is the working Climatronic, leather steering wheel is worn, shifter is trash and the leather seats are okay, but driver's side is ripped open.
So why did we drive that long, for picking up some random Golf? Well... there's more!
right... not there, little lower!
AWD, baby!
Been looking for ages for an affordable 3 door Golf Syncro 1.8 with a sunroof!
3 door Syncro models usually skyrocket in price as they are rare as fuck, but yet all the turbo boys want them!
Except for the roof, the shell is in a great condition, just one tiny spot where it rusted through, few minor dents that can be sorted out without problems.
So here is the plan:
GTI 16V Jubi 20 Years
Which means everything of the Syncro will go, except for the shell, drivetrain, gearbox and the dashboard. Gonna throw in the 16V engine that has been sitting in my garage for 2 years now and I'll throw in the brakes/suspension/interior from my 8V GTI Jubi.
It's just gonna look like my 8V GTI, cause why change something that is perfect?
Though before the paint happens, I'll put everything together to see that it works and runs, then get the body work done, then take everything apart again to get the whole thing painted.
Since I had everything laying around at the garage, I started working last Saturday weekend.
Six hours later the engine and gearbox were out:
The Syncro gearbox is some kinda 02A, wire driven gearbox with the added Syncro bit behind the engine.
while cleaning the engine, I discovered that the OT sensor was gone, probably at least one of the reasons for the engine's electronic problems it had before I ripped the donor car apart. Sensor's already replaced with a new one.
The gasket on the crankshaft was also gone, even though I cleaned it for the photo, you can already see oil coming through again.
Luckily I still had a replacement one laying around as I didn't had to use it on my 8V GTI's engine.
The gearbox did fit like a glove (which is no wonder as the ABF always came with the wire driven, hydraulic clutch gearbox).
There's just one little spot where you noticed that the 16V never was intended to receive the Syncro gearbox.
One bolt hole for a holder on the gearbox is just non existant.
I modified the holder to make it fit to the upper hole at least.
Gonna sort the lower part out once everything gets taken apart again.
Exhaust manifold also doesn't fit of course...
We'll have to built something completely custom here from thy cylinder head to the exhaust pipe.
With the engine and gearbox put together, I'm currently working on the engine harness.
The 16V donor Golf only had a manual A/C which is wired differently than the Climatronic, so that's quite an interesting part. Love doing the electronics on cars.
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